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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR: Paul Boyle -- On Health Inequalities in Scotland, With a Particular Focus on Suicide
CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS: Seik Kim and Rachel Kleit Awarded CSDE Seed Grants
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST: Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar -- Tamas Rudas; WGHA Discovery Series -- Supamit Chunsuttiwat; Colloquium Series in Anthropology -- Devon Pena
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND NOTICES: Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Research Centers to participate in the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies 2 (U01)
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Assistant Professor Tenure Track -- Fitchburg State College; Economist, Poverty and Equity and International Health -- Constella Futures; Research and Metrics Assistant -- Population Services International
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES: Health & Society Scholars Program -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Research Fellow -- IPUMS-USA Project Team, University of Minnesota; Post Doctoral Fellowship Position -- National Center for Marriage Research, Bowling Green University; 2008 EAI Fellows Program -- East Asia Institute; Post Doctoral Fellowship Men’s Health and Transition to Adulthood -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Post Doctoral Research Associate -- Princeton University

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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR

Paul Boyle -- On Health Inequalities in Scotland, With a Particular Focus on Suicide

Friday, May 23
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Parrington Hall Forum

CSDE Seminar Schedule

CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Seik Kim and Rachel Kleit Awarded CSDE Seed Grants

CSDE’s new small grants program has awarded seed grants to affiliates Seik Kim, Assistant Professor Economics, and Rachel Kleit, Associate Professor Public Affairs. Kim's project, Wage Dynamics Among Foreign-Born Workers in the U.S., will examine wage mobility of foreign-born workers. Kleit will analyze changes in social networks among Vietnamese- and English-speaking original residents of low-income public housing that has undergone redevelopment. Her project, Integrated or Isolated: The Impact of Public Housing Redevelopment on Social Networks, will use an extension of the statnet software package that simulates full network structure from survey data.

CSDE's 2008-2009 small grants program announcement will be issued in the near future. Information on the 2007-2008 program is here: http://csde.washington.edu/research/funding/grantsDetails.shtml

CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST

Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar -- Tamas Rudas

Tamas Rudas, Professor of Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
"How much do you want to avoid Simpson's paradox?"

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
12:30 - 1:20 PM
Denny 401

WGHA Discovery Series -- Supamit Chunsuttiwat

Supamit Chunsuttiwat, MD, MPH, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, Member, Board of Directors, PATH
"Response to Avian Influenza and Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza: Thailand's Experience"

Thursday, May 22
5:30 PM
Foege Auditorium, Room S-060

Colloquium Series in Anthropology -- Devon Pena

Devon Pena, Professor, UW Anthropology
"Remaking the soil of knowledge: anthropology grounded"

Friday, May 23
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Denny 401

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND NOTICES

Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Research Centers to participate in the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies 2 (U01)

Notice Number: NOT-DA-08-017

Key Dates
Release Date: May 15, 2008

Issued by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), (http://www.nida.nih.gov)

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) intends to publish a Request for Applications (RFA) to participate as a Research Center in the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies 2 (CJ-DATS 2) cooperative research program. This is a reissue of RFA-DA-08-002. The goal of CJ-DATS 2 is to develop and test systems-level models that integrate public health and public safety approaches for criminal justice-involved adults and adolescents with drug abuse and addictive disorders. The RFA is expected to be published in July 2008 with an expected receipt date in September 2008. This funding opportunity will use the NIH Cooperative Research Project Grant (U01) award mechanism. NIDA intends to commit approximately $3.5 million to this RFA.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Assistant Professor Tenure Track -- Fitchburg State College

General Statement of Duties: Full-time, tenure-track assistant professor to teach a wide range of courses in Sociology. Ability to teach and develop upper level courses in Sociology. Ph.D. required for this position. Candidates experienced in teaching Research Methods, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Organizations and Sociology of Education are encouraged to apply. Requires Ph.D. in Sociology with specialization in Social Institutions. Please visit our jobsite for a detailed job description and to apply.

Duties & Responsibilities

Teaching work load (four courses a semester), preparation for classroom instruction.

Provide student assistance including academic advising.

Participate in curriculum review and development, program reviews and student outcomes assessment.

Continuing scholarship and professional activities which include contribution to the content of the discipline, participation in or contribution to professional organizations and societies, research demonstrated by published or unpublished work, public service and contributions to the professional growth and development of the college community.

Participation in scheduled orientation and registration programs.

Attendance at college functions, including commencement, convocation and faculty, committee and departmental meetings.

Instructional responsibilities include courses in Sociology.

Desirable subfields: Research Methods, Organizations, Religion, Education, Deviance.

Opportunities to teach summer, winter term, online and undergraduate and graduate evening courses.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires Ph.D. in Sociology with specialization in Social Institutions.

Expertise in the area of quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Ability to integrate appropriate technology and software in teaching.

Commitment to excellence in teaching, demonstrated teaching experience appropriate to the level of appointment, and evidence of scholarly/creative activity.

Ability to work effectively with a diverse student body.

Ability to perform all duties with or without reasonable accommodations.

Open until filled.

For more details and to apply, click here.

Economist, Poverty and Equity and International Health -- Constella Futures

Constella Futures is seeking an individual with expertise in economic and financial modeling, analysis, and development of policy and financing interventions in the areas of family planning, poverty reduction, and HIV/AIDS. The individual should have demonstrated experience in programmatic areas of interest that can contribute to public sector implementation of sound policies and operational programs in the areas of costing, cost effectiveness, resource allocation, finance, equity, and economic impact. The successful candidate will have imagination and capacity to apply equity and financing analysis and modeling to real issues to inform policy change in developing countries. Knowledge of gender issues and analysis related to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS a plus.

Essential Functions:

Provides technical support in the fields of equity, financing, and health policy.

Carries out policy and financial analysis and gives presentations to high-level policymakers and program managers.

As appropriate, coordinates teams or individuals to complete tasks within schedule and budgetary constraints.

Analyzes data, performs statistical analysis, and prepares policy briefs for the purposes of advocacy to senior policymakers.

Collaborates with others in the professional community, at the international level.

Provides assistance on matters related to topic area of scientific studies and applies relevant methodologies to programmatic issues of importance to the organization.

Conducts all work to accepted standards of research ethics. Guides other staff in adhering to ethical practices.

Works independently with minimal management direction.

Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Demonstrates ability to work in a team environment to solve problems and implement solutions.

Ability to coordinate project teams.

Outstanding communication, technical, and writing skills.

Ability and willingness to travel internationally up to 30% of the time.

Excellent interpersonal, oral/written communication and organizational skills.

For more details and to apply, click here, and search for "economist".

Research and Metrics Assistant -- Population Services International

Description:
PSI seeks dynamic candidates for a Research & Metrics Assistant to support knowledge management, data analysis, technical assistance and administrative functions. The Research & Metrics Assistant will have wide ranging responsibilities and work with PSI researchers in Washington and overseas. This position is based in Washington, D.C. and reports to the Research & Metrics Manager.

Responsibilities:
The Research & Metrics Assistant provides research assistance and administrative support to the Research & Metrics department, ensuring a smooth and timely flow of work. Duties include:

Conducting systematic literature reviews and synthesizing findings with extensive original writing for publication and to inform strategic, project, and marketing planning;

Overseeing a departmental management information system, documenting all study-related files;

Maintaining and continuously developing the Research & Metrics section of the PSI website, writing content and making frequent updates;

Tracking performance indicators in monthly scorecard;

Cataloguing citations of relevant literature with reference management software;

Providing backstopping support for domestic and international Research & Metrics team;

Proofreading and formatting reports, graphs, and presentations prior to publication;

Filling internal and external requests for research information and materials;

Authoring monthly article for internal and external publication;

Performing data entry; and

Photocopying and fulfilling other administrative functions as required.

Experience:

Bachelor's degree required (with a focus in the social sciences, health, or international relations strongly preferred);

1+ year of experience working in a fast paced office environment strongly preferred;

Research experience and/or training strongly preferred;

Advanced computer skills, especially Excel and HTML, required (SPSS highly desired);

Experience maintaining a website strongly preferred; and

French highly desired.

The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational, administrative, interpersonal, and communication skills; attention to detail; proven ability to manage large workloads and organize work efficiently and with minimal supervision; ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks; readiness to interact with a variety of people and assume diverse duties and tasks; ability to follow assignments through to completion; commitment to deadlines; and demonstrated willingness and ability to work alone and on a team in a cooperative, problem solving capacity.

Open until filled.

For futher details and to apply online, click here.

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Health & Society Scholars Program -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The 2008-2009 Call for Applications for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program has been released and is available at the following link:

http://www.rwjf.org/files/applications/cfp/HSS0809_cfp.pdf

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program is designed to build the nation's capacity for research, leadership and policy change to address the multiple determinants of population health. The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends upon multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange. Its goal is to improve health by training scholars to:

investigate rigorously the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic and social determinants of health; and

develop, evaluate and disseminate knowledge and interventions that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health.

The program is intended to produce leaders who will change the questions asked, the methods employed to analyze problems, and the range of solutions to reduce population health disparities and improve the health of all Americans.

Key Dates and Deadlines
October 3, 2008 (5 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of online applications.
January 2009—Finalist interviews.
Mid to late February 2009—Notification of acceptance.
August or September 2009—Entry of scholars into the program at participating universities.

How to Apply (page 10)
Individuals must apply online through the program’s Web site. Additional information and instructions may be obtained by contacting:
Gerard P. Lebeda, deputy director
Phone: (212) 419-3566
E-mail

The online application is not available till July 14, 2008

Research Fellow -- IPUMS-USA Project Team, University of Minnesota

The Minnesota Population Center is seeking a Research Fellow to join the IPUMS-USA project team. The Research Fellow will assist Principal Investigators in supporting and improving the IPUMS-USA data series, which is an integrated database of U.S. census and survey records from 1850 to present.

Qualifications
Required: A master's degree or ABD (completed preliminary exams) in a social science discipline. Excellent computer skills and experience with census or survey data. Expert use of a major statistical software package (SPSS, SAS, or Stata). Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred: Experience improving and documenting large datasets. Experience working as a member of a research team, especially with coordinating the work of technical and research staff. Experience assisting data users in academic or public policy settings. Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies as required. Familiarity with a programming language and/or the Unix environment.

Download pdf announcement of the IPUMS-USA research fellow position.

Application Procedure
Applicants must apply using the U of M online system (https://employment.umn.edu/). Please include a resume/curriculum vitae, cover letter, and contact information for three references. Contact Kathy McKee with any questions. We will begin reviewing applications immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Post Doctoral Fellowship Position -- National Center for Marriage Research, Bowling Green University

The National Center for Marriage Research (NCMR) seeks one postdoctoral fellow for a one year appointment (renewable for an additional year with satisfactory progress). The fellowship is designed to provide an opportunity for an outstanding young scholar to perform research and receive training in residence at the NCMR at Bowling Green State University.

The Fellowship
The postdoctoral fellow will identify a senior BGSU faculty member as a mentor and pursue collaborative research on a topic of mutual interest. The fellow also will initiate an independent stream of research on which the mentor will provide informal guidance. The fellow will take advantage of the research and training activities offered by the NCMR. The fellow will receive a 12 month stipend of $40,000 plus health insurance and retirement benefits consistent with BGSU’s human resources policy. The fellow also will receive $1,000 per year for travel expenses and access to the NCMR’s services, including computing, research, and data assistance.

Selection Criteria
Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in a social science discipline with an emphasis on marriage and families by the time of the appointment. Preference will be given to those with prior experience on research projects; publication and grant activity; interests that complement those of NCMR faculty and who plan to work with a specific faculty member; and to minority candidates. Applications will be reviewed by a committee.

Residence
The fellow is expected to be in residence at Bowling Green State University and to participate in the activities of the NCMR for the duration of the postdoctoral fellowship. The start date is negotiable, but ideally should be no later than January 2009.

Application Deadline: June 2, 2008 (postmark deadline)

Award Notification: June 30, 2008

Mail four copies of completed applications to:

The National Center for Marriage Research
Bromfield 111
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403

For full details, click here.

2008 EAI Fellows Program -- East Asia Institute

The Fellows Program on Peace, Governance, and Development in East Asia was established in 2005 by EAI, as an international exchange program for scholars with expertise in peace, governance, and development in East Asia. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation of New York, the East Asia Foundation of Seoul, and the Chang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange of Taipei, it invites established and next-generation East Asianists of the United States to give seminars and lectures based on unpublished articles submitted exclusively for the Fellows Program during their visit of three weeks to two or more institutions of higher education in East Asia. The EAI welcomes seminars and lectures based on interdisciplinary articles on current issues with comparative perspectives to transcend country case studies into genuinely regional East Asian studies. By providing its Fellows with opportunities to interact with East Asia leading scholars and major institutions through seminars and lectures, the EAI endeavors to develop a dense transnational epistemic community of East Asianists across the Pacific.

Program: The Program is designed to allow Fellows to express their expertise in a highly flexible academic environment. Fellows choose the subjects of their articles, seminars and lectures within the broadly defined themes of peace, governance, and development in East Asia in order to make the visitation an integral part of their on-going research. Fellows are free to decide how they will divide their time among two or more Member Institutions, giving a seminar and a lecture apiece at each of the sites chosen. The Member Institutions are the East Asia Institute in Seoul, Fudan University in Shanghai, Keio University in Tokyo, Peking University in Beijing, and Taiwan National University in Taipei.

Eligibility: The EAI Fellows Program is intended for tenured, tenure-track, and untenured East Asianist professors based in the United States conducting research in the fields of political science, international relations, and sociology.

Selection Process: The representatives of the Member Institutions plus an Advisor based in the United States select EAI Fellows through an annual competition.

Support: The program provides a total of US$10,000 for each of the Fellows for a three-week visit. The grant covers an honorarium for the article, seminar, and lecture as well as the cost of ground transportation, round-trip economy-class international air flight, hotel accommodation, meals, and a per diem for a total of three-week stay in East Asia [see comments on Application Forms].

Application: For further details and instructions on how to apply, please download a booklet titled "Fellows Program on Peace, Governance, and Development in East Asia"available online at http://www.eai.or.kr/eng/program/fellows.html or e-mail fellowships@eai.or.kr for assistance. All application materials must be type-written and in English.

Deadline: Applications for fellowships must be received no later than May 31, 2008 The results of the competition will be announced on July 20,2008 by both e-mail and letter.

For further inquiry, please contact:

Ha-jeong Kim (Ms.)
Executive Director
Fellows Program on Peace, Governance, and Development in East Asia
Email
Tel: +82-2-2277-1683(100)
Fax: +82-2-2277-1684

East Asia Institute
#909 Sampoong B/D, 310-68 Euljiro 4-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-849, Korea
Website: http://www.eai.or.kr/eng/program/fellows.html

Post Doctoral Fellowship Men’s Health and Transition to Adulthood -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Center for Adolescent Health and the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are pleased to announce our search for a postdoctoral fellow for a one-year appointment beginning in the fall of 2008. A second year may be possible, contingent on funding. This fellowship specifically involves analyzing fourth wave data from a nationally representative longitudinal survey, the National Survey of Adolescent Males (NSAM).

This is an excellent opportunity for a PhD scholar interested in men’s lives from adolescence into middle adulthood. Mentoring will be provided by a team of faculty members with expertise in adolescence, sexual risk-taking behaviors, STDs, romantic relationships, fathering, and the transition to adulthood. The fellow will join the research team and collaborate on manuscripts. In conjunction with the team, the fellow will develop his/her independent research on topics of interest targeted in the NSAM data. These data are rich in terms of men’s sexual behaviors, sexually transmitted disease histories, fathering practices, romantic relationships, illicit drug use, and various attitudes collected first when men were aged 15 to 19. Data are currently being collected from the original respondents, now aged 32 to 38.

This postdoctoral fellowship is a 12-month commitment with a stipend at NIH levels commensurate with experience. Health benefits will be provided. Applicants must have completed a PhD in family studies, sociology, demography, developmental psychology, or other social science discipline. Candidates with documented interest in men’s sexual and reproductive health, parenting, family formation, and family process are strongly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to applicants with prior experience working with longitudinal data, previous work on quantitative research projects, SAS and STATA programming skills, and multivariate data analytic skills.

Applicants should mail (1) a cover letter describing why they intend to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, how this position fits with their past work, current interests, career development, and research goals, (2) curriculum vita, and (3) a personal statement summarizing their current skills, research experience, and future research agenda. Please include name, address, phone, and e-mail contact for three references. For additional information, please email fsonenst@jhsph.edu or sagarwal@jhsph.edu.

Deadline for applications: June 1, 2008.

Freya L. Sonenstein

Professor & Director, Center for Adolescent Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe St. E4608
Baltimore, MD 21205
Telephone: 443.287.3009
FAX: 410.614.3956

Review of applications will begin in May and will continue until the position is filled.

Post Doctoral Research Associate -- Princeton University

Princeton University's Office of Population Research seeks to hire a postdoctoral research associate to work under the direction of Professor Douglas S. Massey on studies of minority underachievement in higher education and the consequences of neighborhood disadvantage. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in sociology, demography, or economics. Experience with database management, statistical analysis, and stratification are desired. Appointment is for two years.

Please send cover letter, curriculum vitae, three references under separate cover, and writing samples to: Nancy Cannuli, Office of Population Research, Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations.

For information about how to voluntarily self-identify, please link to: http://www.princeton.edu/dof/ApplicantsInfo.htm